Why A Forum ?

[LookingForLarri]

Hey all you Legacy OM-03MT Forum owners and wanna-be Next Generation OM-03MT Forum owners I have a question for you:

With all the great models out there why a Forum model ?  

Is it the custom quality ?
The looks ?
What is it ?

With Jason taking orders for a second batch, lets hear the reason why you have / want one.

Maybe it can help some of us decide wheather or not to take the plunge.


 

[unclrob]

The chance to own a guitar from our favorite guitar builder thats not available to the general public,and in honor of a great place to meet people.For our old age and tribute to the guy who keeps it all together no matter what BS is floating out there.To Lord Zach our benifactor. :D
I hope this helps.

[Miata13]

Well...I'm interested because:
- special 12 fret OM edition
- special appointments included
- would like an all mahogany
- OM size is different from what I own yet still a comfortable size for me
- great reviews by owners of "1st edition"
- appreciate what Jean/Matthew do to support the Forum

Now...can I get the order approved?   Still working on that element but like "LookingforLarri" , would appreciate all the info/ammunition available for my negotiations.

My guitar instructor says "It's an investment"...yes perhaps but don't really expect value of instrument itself to exceed it's purchase price..but if I add in "pleasure value"..should greatly exceed $'s paid.

Rick

[UoftheBlues]

There were many factors for me.

- The OM 12 fret
- All Mahogany
- Great Larrivee neck.  (I find the very comfortable).
- Custom build
- Larrivee is doing a cool thing for the Forum
- Cool Blues Guitar

I was not a member of the forum before the last run, so I missed out.  I could not believe they were going to do a second run, so I had to get one.

Wade

[Randy_R]

Because its a little bit different than a standard offering, and its in honor of this forum where I socialize a lot with people I consider friends.

[ark]

Answers to the questions below, which I asked in a different thread but didn't see any answers, would be helpful in making a FG decision.

I'd like to know if the scale length is the same or different compared to the regular 14 fret OM? And A number of folks have commented that their Forum guitar is loud -- if it is louder then the regular OM, is this because the bridge is (perhaps) located at a different spot on the body compared to the regular OM, or ...what? I assume the overall body dimensions are the same as the standard OM. Why are folks so excited about a 12 fret neck -- what is (are) the advantage(s) of 12 vs 14 fret necks?

Thx much,
Al

[hsojeel]

ditto to all

[UoftheBlues]

Al,

The scale will be the same as a 14 fret OM.  The body is the same also.  The difference is the location of the bridge.  12 Fret guitar tend to have a fuller sound.  They are also generally louder then their 14 fret twin.  You don't see a lot of 12 fret OM's so that make this one special.  

Wade

[freeindeed]

I joined this family right after the first forum guitars started arriving. I was ecstatic to have the chance at owning a special instrument like the LFG. The bad thing is I'm extremely impatient so 8 weeks is gonna seem like an eternity!

                                       Chris

[flaggerphil]

The chance to own a guitar from our favorite guitar builder thats not available to the general public,and in honor of a great place to meet people.For our old age and tribute to the guy who keeps it all together no matter what BS is floating out there.To Lord Zach our benifactor. :D
I hope this helps.

What he said.

Also, the first guitar I ever had was an all mahogany Gibson LGO.  I've always wanted a guitar that felt and sounded the way that I REMEMBERED that guitar sounding (which is not, btw, the way it really did sound and feel...guitars have changed a lot in the last 40 years).  This guitar is what I remember that guitar being...except, of course, it's much, much, much better.

[ark]

The scale will be the same as a 14 fret OM.  The body is the same also.  The difference is the location of the bridge.  12 Fret guitar tend to have a fuller sound.  They are also generally louder then their 14 fret twin.  You don't see a lot of 12 fret OM's so that make this one special. 

Thanks for the info, Wade. So given these advantages, why are most guitars 14 fret models these days (just for the slightly easier access to the highest frets)? I have an OM-05 that I bought new about a year ago. I have to decide if the advantages of the 12 fret neck are "worth" me selling the OM-05 for the LFG (I can't justify having both).
Al